"The following contents page uses Flashback Lock(TM) technology, re-arranging chapter numbers into a simple, chronological order for the convenience of the reader." Many years ago, the search for contact from alien life instead picked up a chilling warning, a terrified voice imploring: "Kill Austin Lang before he wipes out the universe". The problem? The name … Continue reading The Paradox Paradox – Daniel Hardcastle
"Thank you for joining MINDR, the official Grimoire Grammar School Notification System." There are plenty of books about magical schools, the USP here being that this is told from the point of view of the parents. Vivian and Daniel have moved to a new community, to allow their daughter, Aria, to attend a school where … Continue reading The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association – Caitlin Rozakis
"We're off to the perimeter, heading uphill on our little Loonie towards where a canopy tether should have been but - Damage Central tells us - isn't." In Dogs of War, we were introduced to the idea of bioforms: 'modded' creatures, initially built - of course - for war. The story starts with a 'multi-form assault squad', … Continue reading Bear Head – Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Can you hear it yet? A sound so subtle your heart mistakes it for the first blush of dawn before the sun kisses the darkness from the horizon." We first met Cade Ombra, a former Glorian Justiciar (think: holy warrior) turned mercenary mage, in the Malevolent Seven (thus causing widespread confusion on what happened to Malevolent … Continue reading The Malevolent Eight – Sebastien de Castell
"If she had known that it was the last hour of her mother's life, Morgane would have done things differently." Morgane has spent her life on board the pirate ship her mother, Anna-Marie, captains with a fierce hand. One of the few ways women can be as respected as men, she's worked her whole life … Continue reading The Vengeance – Emma Newman
"One of my favourite movies is called Moon Voyage." Once upon a time Fairharbour was a city with a more ordinary kind of 'magical' status: mostly keeping itself apart from the mainland, perhaps a little behind on technology, but with families and neighbours living largely harmonious kinds of lives. And then one day something changes. … Continue reading City of All Seasons – Oliver K Langmead & Aliya Whiteley
"Sarcasm is armour, Saffron thought, and imagined she was donning a suit of it, plate by gleaming, snark-laden plate." Portal fantasies remain popular in fantasy fiction, but there's the need and want to do something that bit different with them. An Accident of Stars differentiates itself well, firstly by being very much a book for adults, … Continue reading An Accident of Stars – Foz Meadows
"As a baby, Anne had taken her first ever steps among the aisles of what her grandfather called his library but was in fact a second-hand bookshop." And so we reach the final part of this trilogy about an infinite library, with Biblical foundations, millennia of wars and battles between species, and most recently, the … Continue reading The Book That Held Her Heart – Mark Lawrence
On the night of a State dinner (with Australia), a dead body is found in the White House. Time to call in the world's greatest consulting detective - no, no, not that one! - Cordelia Cupp. There's no crime Cupp can't solve, but then again the politics of America's governmental hub might prove a bigger … Continue reading The Residence (season 1)
"Being able to see the walls of your prison is a luxury that few are afforded." In The Book That Wouldn't Burn, we were introduced to the world of the Library - I mean *the* library, bigger than a city, bending space and time, full of more mysteries and intrigue and just everything. And, alas, I … Continue reading The Book That Broke the World – Mark Lawrence
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